Hocąk Syllabic Text — Earthmaker Blesses Wagíšega, V. 1

Hocąk Syllabic Text — Earthmaker Blesses Wešgíšega, Version 1

p. 75 —

e Ki.*	n w.	Ai L y roAotto	Ai oyi L e de.	de e
Égi	nąwą́	Hiraisųc	hi’ųįreže.	Žee
Then	to sing	Completion Songs	they used.	These

*this word is preceded by a vertical demarcation line, "|".

n w L .	tto liAi wi.	m o L .	w Ki Koro rKi	e
nąwą́ra	jopíwi	Mą’ų́ra	wagųsgi,	e
songs	four	Earthmaker	when he created them,	he himself

w wi o	Ai L e de.	we diKi dAe K.	Ai Ky L e Ki.	w xoAo liAi ni
wawi’ų	hireže.	Wešgišega	higaíregi,	waxopį́nį
to make them	he did.	Wešgišega	as they called him,	spirits

w L tti L e L .	A n ttAi	n tto tt	Ai L e de.	no ni Ke.
warájirera	haną́cį	nąjoją	hireže,	nųnįgé
the various ones	all of them	to bless	they did,	but

p. 76 —

m o.	Ai Ky L e Ki.	e dA n	Ai Ke	n tto tt ni de.
Mą’ų	higairegi,	éšaną	hįké	nąjojąníže.
"Earthmaker"	as they called him,	he alone	not	he did not bless.

e rKe.	Ai A te	n i de.	o xitti de.	A t Ki ntt L
Ésge	hihąté	ną’įže.	’Ųxjįže.	Hatáginąjera
Therefore,	to dream	he tried.	He did much.	Fasting

tee	n i de.	A Ko L e d.	K tt K.	n tto tt de
t’e	ną’įže.	Hagoréžą,	gająga,	nąjojąže,
to death	he tried.	Finally,	at last,	he blessed,

e de.	w ni	rAele litti	oy de.	Ai rA Koyi d
eže.	Wanį	sepjį	’ų́įže.	Hisagúįžą
he said.	Being	very black	he was.	A cane

A ni Ki	dKe	n Ke we rKe de.	ttAo xitti de.	Al lL .
hanigi	ške	nąkewesgeže.	Coxjįže.	Hą́bera
which he had	also	it was frightening.	He was very blue.	The light

Ao Ki	ttAo L	tte de.	we diKi dAe	n tto ni tt n.
hogi	cora	jéže.	"Wešgiše,	nąjonijáną,"
around it	the blue	it stood.	"Wešgišega,	I bless you,"

e de.	w we L Ki ni	i wori.	w d L .	A n ttAi
eže.	"Waweragįnį	iwusį.	Wažąra	haną́cį
he said.	"You have already burdened yourself	to become thirsty.	Things	all of them

n tti L o tt de.	e de.	wo n xi L e L .	wK to deAe we L .	Ai t tte Kette L
nąjiroją́že,"	eže.	"Wonaǧirera,	wąktóšewera,	hitajékjera,
I bless you,"	he said.	"Wars,	doctoring,	there will be riches,

p. 77 —

dKe	w tee Ai Ke Ktte L	dKe.	Ai noKo	Ai w liAi Ktte L
ške	wat’ehikekjera,	ške	hinų́k	hiwapį́kjera,
also	there is going to be hunting,	also	women	there will be enamoring,

dKe.	w d L .	A n ttiAi	n tti L o tt de	e de.
ške	wažąra	haną́cį	nąjiroją́že,"	eže,
also	things	all of them	I bless you,"	he said,

a n K.	A L o xeAe	Ke L e Ke.	Ao L o xotto K tt.	we L Ki.
ánąga	haruxé	kerége,	horuǧucgają,	wéraki,
and	he turned	as to leave,	when he looked,	unexpectedly,

tte ttette tti d	wK Kde.	di Ke	e tt	n tto Ki tt.
jejéjižą	wąkše.	Žigé	éja	nąjogiją
a blue jay	he became.	Again	there	[to be blessed]

xK dAe.	tto l A.	de de rKe	Ki Ki L e de.	A Ko L e d
ǧakše.	Jobą́hą	žežesge	gigíreže.	Hagoréžą,
he cried.	Four times	thus	they did.	Finally,

dKe.	ni KttK w ni	Ki dKe	Ai d.	nl li Ko L o xtt dAe.
ške	nįkjąkwani	gišge	hižą́	ną́bikuruǧácše.
also	their children	[there was]	one	he sacrificed his own.

K tt K.	e Ki.	m o L .	wi L L o ttA tte xitti K tt.	m ne Ki.
Gająga,	égi	Mą’ų́ra,	wirarocąjexjįgają,	mąnégi
Finally,	then	Earthmaker,	about noon,	on earth

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A Ki tt de.	n tto tt de.	we diKi dAe L .	n tto L Ki tt	L x Ke
hagijaže.	Nąjojąže.	"Wešgišera,	nąjoragija;	raǧage
he came across.	He blessed.	"Wešgíšega,	I bless you;	because you have cried,

n tto ni tt n.	Ai K K	w Kidi KL	Ai d	ntt w tt ni n.	ttAeKe Kitti
nąjonijáną.	Hįkaga	wąkšígera	hižą	nąjawająnįną.	Cekjį
I bless you.	Never	the people	one	I have not blessed.	For the first time

n tto ni tt n.	e de.	e Ki.	Ai rA Koyi d.	Ao Koo de.
nąjonijáną,"	eže.	Égi	hisagúįžą	hok’ųže.
I bless you,"	he said.	Then	a cane	he gave him.

n w L	tto liAi wi	Ai L rA.	de e	wi o
Nąwąra	jopíwi	hirasá	žee	wi’ų
Songs	four of them	together with	this	to use

L dtt	Ai L e Ki *
rašją́	hiregi.
to end with	they did.

*this word is followed by a vertical demarcation line, "|".

Source:

Paul Radin, The Winnebago Tribe (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990 [1923]) 497. The Hocąk syllabic text is found in Paul Radin, "Thunder Clan Feast," Winnebago Notebooks, Freeman #3897 (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, n. d.) Winnebago 5, #20: 75-78. Informant: an unnamed member of the Thunderbird Clan. The story was told at the Thunderbird Warbundle Feast.